Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli

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Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli
Member of the Samoa Parliament
for Palauli Sisifo
In office
4 March 2016 –9 April 2021
Preceded by Afoafouvale John Moors
Succeeded by Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo
Personal details
Political party Human Rights Protection Party

Afoa Amituanai Faleulu Mauli is a Samoan politician and member of the Legislative Assembly of Samoa. He is a member of the Human Rights Protection Party.

Mauli was born in Sinamoga. [1] He worked in a bank and studied with the Samoa Institute of Accounting to become an accountant, before working for the University of the South Pacific in Fiji. [1] In 2008 he successfully sued the university for defamation after a report criticised him for inadequately performing as financial manager. [2] He later studied at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and joined the New Zealand Institute of Accountants. [1] He runs a motel and nightclub in Apia. From 2012 to 2016 he was chair of the Samoa Tourism Authority. [1]

He unsuccessfully ran for Parliament in the 2006 and 2011 elections, before being elected in 2016. [1] In May 2020, at the urging of his constituency, he was one of the few government MPs to speak out against the Land and Titles Bill. [3]

In February 2021, Mauli claimed in the Samoan Parliament that the COVID-19 pandemic was a "hoax" and vaccines are "poison". [4] He subsequently lost his seat in the 2021 election

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Lanuola Tusani Tupufia (10 March 2016). "Third time lucky". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Defamation case in Samoa against University of the South Pacific succeeds". RNZ. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Another HRRP MP in Samoa speaks out against govt bills". RNZ. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Joyetter Feagaimaali'i (9 February 2021). "M.P.'s virus 'hoax' claim draws P.M.'s anger". Samoa Observer. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
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